Uzay wrote:
i like all the images, i also like low contrast and your processing, i think it's a matter of taste

ABSOLUTELY! The lovely high key lighting & PP is perfect for this lovely model. You expressed it perfectly (OP) in your description of the shoot. Please don't apologize for knowing what you're doing, how you want an image to look and succeeding!

I find myself looking more and more what people do with their hands and arms in shoots.....I like what she did.....very nice and not boring nor does it say I am here, take my photo....really more like this was fun and I want to do it again.....I like her in the photos...would like to see more of her.......

intimistic wrote:
Thanks for sharing It is nice to see well done Portraits.
This style is bright, fresh, and fun.
I might even try something similar, Very cheerful.

fussus6 wrote:
very nice work...

thank you both for the kind words & for looking!

Herb wrote:
I find myself looking more and more what people do with their hands and arms in shoots.....I like what she did.....very nice and not boring nor does it say I am here, take my photo....really more like this was fun and I want to do it again.....I like her in the photos...would like to see more of her.......

That's a very subtle aspect of a model shoot that most (including myself) often neglect to focus on.. while I shoot, I'm mostly keeping the pace/energy/flow of the shoot going & in a positive light, while paying attention to her facial expressions over everything else while guiding the subject through poses every few frames or so.. great point, I'll definitely try to keep in mind "natural" hand/arm positions more while i filter/select the final shots in the future! Thank you Herb!

Rand47 wrote:
ABSOLUTELY! The lovely high key lighting & PP is perfect for this lovely model. You expressed it perfectly (OP) in your description of the shoot. Please don't apologize for knowing what you're doing, how you want an image to look and succeeding!

Rand

thank you Rand, as i stated in the original post, i really have no feelings about my work in this area, so i definitely don't mind when others offer feedback on what they would've done differently - i typically edit non-commercial shoots how i "feel" about the particular set & also how i think the model/client will respond to it given their aims. i appreciate your kind words & can now add that the model/client loves the photos (so I'm happy)!

Peter Figen wrote:
These are really wonderful and the icing, in addition to the high key feel, is the nuance of expression and hand positioning. It all feels very natural and completely unforced. Well done!

These are just lovely. She's very cute and you did a great job of capturing her personality.

I like the post processing, especially in this age of overbaked, overworked images.

My only nit would be a minor difference in skin tone between her legs and face, most evident in 05. In this image, it looks like her face is a pleasing warm tone with her legs a little cooler and pink. Is this her coloration or a result of post processing?

dmacmillan wrote:
These are just lovely. She's very cute and you did a great job of capturing her personality.

I like the post processing, especially in this age of overbaked, overworked images.

My only nit would be a minor difference in skin tone between her legs and face, most evident in 05. In this image, it looks like her face is a pleasing warm tone with her legs a little cooler and pink. Is this her coloration or a result of post processing?

thank you very much for the detailed feedback & the kind words.. I'm not 100% sure, but accidental reflections from a reflector I careless left laying around left are most likely to blame for the warmer tones on her face (or the cooler tones on her leg, if they were blocking part of the light from my main)..